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Canada’s Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes sweep gold at the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Xiamen Open defeating USA’s Brittany Hochevar and Kelly Claes, 2-0 (21-19, 21-14). Pavan/Humana-Paredes enter Xiamen straight off the back of gold at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and have been on the World Tour podium multiple times in…

In an all-Russian final at the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Xiamen Open, it was Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Igor Velichko who snatched gold over Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Nikita Liamin, 2-0 (21-18, 21-19). Stoyanovskiy/Velichko team up for the first time in 2018 and have securely announced their arrival taking silver in Doha in March and…

The champions of last week Aguascalientes’ stop, Mackenzie Ponnet and Kimberly Smith of United States, opened their participation with two victories in the beginning of the Norceca Beach Volleyball circuit new date celebrated at the Harbourside Kiosko Beach. Ponnet and Smith began with victory over Stefania Gandolfi and Ileann Powery of Cayman Islands 2-0 by scores…

The start of the Norceca Beach Volleyball International Circuit had a special touch with the opening ceremony with the presence of civil and military authorities who welcomed the participating delegations. On behalf of the Governor of Baja California Sur, Carlos Mendoza Davis, the Government General Secretary, Álvaro de la Peña Angulo addressed the opening declaration…

Caribeñas trounced Cristo Rey in straight sets 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-13) the battle for first place in the preliminary phase of the National District Women’s Volleyball Superior Tournament on Friday. Caribeñas improved to 7-1 win-loss record as they needed only 1 hour and 9 minutes to subdue their opponents who fell to 6-2. Lisvel Eve,…

Cristo Rey and Caribeñas improved their win-loss records to 5-1 following straight-set victories on Sunday at the Women’s Volleyball League of National District in Santo Domingo. Cristo Rey beat Guerreras 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 26-24) while dominating 9-3 in blocks and getting a 6-4 edge in the service department. Gaila Gonzalez led Cristo Rey with 21…

The Bermuda Volleyball Association have named the Senior and Junior Teams that will compete against visiting teams from Canada and the US in the Bermuda Open 2018 on Thursday, April 19 through Saturday, April 21 at Warwick Academy. The Bermuda Women’s National Team will be split in to two teams, the Red Aces and the White Caps. …

Viva Communications of Grupo Telemicro has been granted by NORCECA Volleyball Confederation the broadcasting television rights in the national territory of the Dominican Republic for the XVII Viva Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup. The annual competition runs from July 6 to 15 with a rest day after the conclusion of the preliminary pool phase. The…

It is time for the most exciting stage of the Albanian national league – with Partizani and Erzeni fighting for the men’s title and Barleti Volley playing Partizani for the women’s crown. This means that the top two teams from the respective regular season eventually made it to the final as well. Barleti Volley progressed…

During a special ceremony organised by TopVolley Belgium and Het Laatste Nieuws on Monday, Celine Van Gestel (Asterix Avo BEVEREN) and Hendrik Tuerlinckx (Knack ROESELARE) received the awards for Belgium’s ‘Players of the Year’. Both Van Gestel and Tuerlinckx won the Belgian Cup in February and they both are contesting the playoffs for the national…